Fruit-jar sealer.



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Paxtenred. Apr. 11, 191.6.

Q'LILE F. HENNG-TGN AND @ANNIE .'D. HENNGTUJ,

MSSSSIPPI.

FRU'T-JAB SEALER.

Application filed January 25, 1916.

Be it known that We, NoLLrn F. His-NING- frox and FANM D. HnNiNoToN, citizens elle United .States7 residing at Crj stal f'jprings, in the county of Copiah and 'tate of Miseissippi, have invented certain new ind useful lmprovements in Frnitvlar 5e-alors; and We do hereby deelare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such-as will enable others Skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a fruit jar sealer for Mason jars.

lt has been found by experience in the une of Mason jars that. the engaging edve or the screw cap frequently gets .bent om', of shape that it does not properly engage the rubber sealing ring and fails to make a perw feet', seal and frequently resuls in the spoil` of the contente of the jar.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practical and efficient Seek in@ device adapted after the screw top of a nason jar has been applied to the same to engage the lower edge of the screw cap d straight/en the same and eanse the said .l inerel'iy produc-e a pereei sealing of the nrlier object of vthe invention is to jgvroyirle a sealing device of blue eharacter ea able of being readily applied to a. Jar

to preperly engage the lower edge of diiveren, screw caps.

3f/Vith these and other objects in View tne invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parte hereinafter fully described7 illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed ont in the claims hereto appended, it being unu rleretood liat various changes in the form, proportion and minor 'details of construen tion may be resored to Wit-hout departing" from the Spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. I

ln the drawing Figure 1 is a vertioal Seetional View partly in elevation of a fruit jar sealer constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is e horlzonal eeeiionalY view'on the line Qw of Fig. 1, y3 a (retail sectional View illusrazing the manner of mounting the roller of the levert Specification of Letters Patent,

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serial ne. 74,946.

Lilenuinerale of reference designae con responding parte in the several figures of the drawing.

lie aoeoinpanying drawing in 'Wliien lnstraged the preferred. embodiment o 'nveniiom the rit sealer comprises 60 e consruclion l eonSt-rnoed of other suitable material i t of e dien or plaie provided with depending annular flange :2 to fit around e upper portion of a top of a 5 Nason or sin `r fruit; jar fl. The iop equipped with centrally arranged verti; Gally disposeol pivot post 5 suitably Secured at its lewe 4rl will@ cap l and having; a threaded upper portion 6 for engaging in zie-rior Screw thread" a knob or hanle Wl eli I" a vertical bore er op i arnl from a roller l? for e or lie fruit iop 3 l but any einer "ninole r an e its enfle w gl' 1 f -*IOi g mamie lever ai; the under side a n sei: ai;

90 an inclination., lie roller noline@ anti nionnen r rie lever Ye roller in proper 18 lr; i on 'the 95 pivot, pf and below is Sewing Y 1s applied ille 10G will be no necessity of discarding Snell caps because of the engaging bottom edge being bent out of shape.

W'liat is claimed is:-

l, .A fruit jar sealer including a cap adapted to be placed on a Screw top and provided with a vertical pivot arranged cenrally of the top, a knob or handle carried by the pivot, a rotaryv coupling member mounted on the pivot, a lever pivoted at One end to the coupling member and arranged to swing upwardly and downwardly and also around the screw top and means earried by the lever and arranged to run on the lower edge. of the sorewtop.

Q, A fruit jar sealer including a cap adapted to be placed on a screw top and 1,1 @nos providfild with a Vertical pivot, ailmob or liandle carried by the pivot, a rotary coupling member mounted on tbe pivot, a lever pivoted at one end to the coupling member and provided interniediae of its ends with a roller set at an inclination and-arranged to run on the lower edge of a screw op and washers mount-ed on the pivot and adapted to be arranged above and below the coupling block for adjusting the lever. ln testii'nonj. whereof `We our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

NOLLE F. HENINGTON. MRS. FANNIE D. HENNGTGN.

Witnesses i XV. C. SCOTT, W. WV. PRICE. 

